Coordinator Drill

Coordinator Drill

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development\
• FIFO from Perth, Broome, Albany or Busselton
• 2 weeks on; 1 week off roster | West Angelas

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Coordinator Drill to join our West Angelas team.

This role presents a great opportunity to a motivated individual who will maximise the performance of operations through effective coordination and leadership. You will undertake a range of support activities to assist the Supervisor’s and enable them to lead the team in a safe and efficient manner. You will actively promote safety awareness and safe work practices with the aim of driving consistent performance and innovation in relation to safety, cost, and production.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing are our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

Operating on a family friendly, 2 weeks on; 1 week off and reporting to the Supervisor Drill you will be:

• Conducting work area inspections and safety interactions with team members throughout shift to continuously improve safe workplace & behaviour
• Preparing drill pattern and blasting activities
• Meeting the requirements of the mine plan in Drill and Blast activities
• Support the supervisor in ensuring the safety of the team and comply with all critical standards and participate in the use of safety tools such as Take 5
• Undertaking acting duties when the supervisor is absent and liaising with other departments in a professional manner for best business outcomes
• Well informed, trained and very knowledgeable of mining standards practices and procedures in Western Australia

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated experience in mine site drilling, and earthmoving operations
• Unrestricted manual C class drivers’ licence
• Exposure to safety systems within a large mining company
• Experience with developing and implementing safe procedures with previous supervisory experience

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with Annual incentive program 
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family 
• Attractive share ownership plan 
• Company provided insurance cover 
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options 
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions 
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support 
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you’ll be working

Located 110km west of Newman, West Angelas operates on a fly in fly out roster from Perth, Broome, and Busselton.

West Angelas is a pioneer in autonomous technologies – we were the first site to trial autonomous haul trucks and incorporate autonomous drilling into our operations in 2008, and we continue to have one of the largest mining fleets in the Pilbara.

Our high grade, low phosphorous Marra Mamba orebody is an integral part of the Pilbara Blend, contributing both lump and fines products on around four trains each day. At the West Angelas hub there are state-of-the-art power generation and refueling facilities. These facilities supply power and diesel fuel to the East Pilbara mine sites.

The future is bright at West Angelas with ongoing growth projects at Deposits C and D, as well as additional deposits under study providing enormous opportunities for personal development and career growth.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.

Applications close on Friday the 21^st of October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).